BA1 postcode area · Bath and North East Somerset
The BA1 postcode district spans 14 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire. Area Scores range from 11 to 96 across them. Every full BA1 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.
In summary
There is a sharp split within the BA1 district: Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down scores 96 out of 100 (#252 of 6,856 nationally) while Twerton sits at 11 — neighbours on the map, 85 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 9 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 1 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £293,250 in Twerton to £710,000 in Bloomfield — a 2.4× gap within the BA1 district. Note that the district straddles 3 local authorities — Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.
Living here
Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.
House prices in the BA1 district
| Neighbourhood | Nat. rank | Area score | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton DownBath and North East Somerset | 252 | 96 | £585,000 |
| BloomfieldBath and North East Somerset | 293 | 96 | £710,000 |
| NewbridgeBath and North East Somerset | 396 | 94 | £483,000 |
| Bathavon North & SouthBath and North East Somerset | 807 | 88 | £590,000 |
| Oldfield Park WestBath and North East Somerset | 834 | 88 | £383,750 |
| Lambridge & Fairfield ParkBath and North East Somerset | 889 | 87 | £482,500 |
| Winsley, Westwood & HoltWiltshire | 1,191 | 83 | £467,500 |
| WestonBath and North East Somerset | 1,582 | 77 | £450,000 |
| WalcotBath and North East Somerset | 1,650 | 76 | £430,000 |
| Marshfield, Wick & HawkesburySouth Gloucestershire | 2,432 | 64 | £455,000 |
| KingsmeadBath and North East Somerset | 2,445 | 64 | £450,000 |
| Central Bath & LansdownBath and North East Somerset | 2,452 | 64 | £495,650 |
| Combe DownBath and North East Somerset | 3,158 | 54 | £515,000 |
| TwertonBath and North East Somerset | 6,072 | 11 | £293,250 |
People living in BA1 Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 29% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 29% |
| Managers & directors | 17% |
| Associate professional | 15% |
| Elementary | 8% |
| Skilled trades | 8% |
| Administrative | 8% |
| Caring & leisure | 7% |
| Sales & customer service | 6% |
| Process & plant | 3% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 48% · Christian 41% · Muslim 1%
Born outside the UK: 16%
Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.
Towns & places in BA1
Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the BA1 district.
Nearby areas
Postcode districts around BA1.
A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.